WR250R Going down Spunky Canyon Road Go Pro Hero HD

[Discombobulification]

How tall are you?

[jaynen]

@Discombobulification 6ft. I am wearing the chesty mount from gopro so camera is on my chest

[mljmovies]

17in wheels? This bike looks like a blast to ride on twisty roads

[jaynen]

@mljmovies with the sumo setup yes 17"s

[KillerWalrus2845]

@jaynen Does the speedometer read way off with the different wheels? If i get this bike i would like to have a separate street set too, what wheels/tires do you use and can you just simply switch them out?

[jaynen]

@KillerWalrus2845 the speedo was off stock as it is with most motorcycles. There are a couple aftermarket ways to fix it. The speedo is not on a wheel sensor but in the transmission so when i went to better offroad tires and a 46T rear sprocket (on my dirt wheels) it made the speedo off more, the speedo is also off about the same but maybe slightly more with the 17"s I just used my GPS to determine the amount it was off and kept riding. Have a baby now so actually thinking of selling mine :(

[tarponaccioschi]

what was the highest speed you reached in the video???? was it the top speed for the wr250r???????

[jaynen]

@tarponaccioschi only about 50-60mph here. top speed of the bike is more like 80mph

[Bigblade6]

@tarponaccioschi I am 165 lbs and I got my spedo to read 98 mph before, but that is going off of the stock reading, which is always off.

[jaynen]

@SEAN94BODOMCHILD for a 250 dirt bike they have excellent road manners. I have ridden mine even on knobbies on the freeway at 70+ mph

[jaynen]

@jaynen The 250F has a lot more power but does not have the gearing for high speeds on the road

[MusicOffTheTops]

are these dirt bikes and on road bikes.. cuz thats sweet if it is im starting to learn about this stuff might just get my self a dirt bike in a year or so

[jaynen]

@MusicOffTheTops This is what is called a dual sport or street legal dirt bike. In this case I have my street wheels on it which is known as "supermoto"

[jaynen]

@MusicOffTheTops yes this is a street legal dirt bike or dual sport with some street tires on it

[RedBullBurger25]

this looks hella fun!

[caljo08]

great road, great bike, great camera chest mount that gives best view and great video. 5 stars mate.

[roselette]

.....i need to race that canyon....

[jaynen]

seriously the pavement was race track smooth and I never met another car. Only downer is when you get into the little town and its 35mph for a while

[noah44444]

Is that a Thumpertalk sticker on the left side of your tank? NICE!

Are you running with the stock exhaust?

[jaynen]

That is a Thumpertalk sticker and it is the stock exhaust but the airbox is opened up so I think you hear airbox noise, also this was with the open back on the camera case

[Schaaf]

great video! awesome! how did you mount the camera?

[jaynen]

This particular video was shot using the GoPro Chesty mount which is a set of straps on a harness and a metal plate which holds the camera right there

[Schaaf]

ah ok, yeah, i know the chest mount - but i wonder if I could use it on a honda CB500 naked bike too, i mean, you still ride the honda pretty upright, but if you get faster you have to lean down towards the fuel tank - or is it possible to adjust the direction of the camera slightly upwards while using the chest mount?

[jaynen]

on a street bike with a metal gas tank you can use the suction cup mount to hold it on the bike itself. You could also probably flip the chest mount upside down in order to tip the camera more upwards but I dont think the firmware tells the camera its recording upside down yet

[MiniSix8]

10-4 thanks I've been test riding bikes and lots of them put my hands to sleep with any reves at all I test rode and WR2z and realy enjoyed it.

[jaynen]

This particular ride was about 100 miles or so of pavement with a couple stops and my hands were never numb. I rode up to LA from San diego to go riding and they got a little numb just from riding the highway for 115 miles but it wasnt bad

[MiniSix8]

what sort of speed were you doing and was there much vibration in the handelbars?

[jaynen]

this particular road was anywhere from 20-60mph

I have ridden the bike on the highway plenty at 70-80mph and vibration is not bad at all, a little bit but pretty good, more so when I have the dirt knobbies on but that is tire dependant

[B2C2007]

Group hug! WR's rock!

[roberrv1687]

nice video man!!! and great bike, i have one

[jaynen]

Thanks its a great bike